For all their intense complaining during the 3 mile hike, the kids defaulted back to their beach-loving selves. You have to clamber down this cliff face to get to a fairly small beach with one weird distinctive feature...
2018-07-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Yesterday I accidentally turned 41, and whenever these things happen I decide it's time to jettison all my old stuff and set off in a new direction. You can get any number of the art mentioned above for the mere sum of $41, free US shipping!
I'll likely do a mega post featuring all the art I have for sale but most people have particular models/ things they want to see so feel free to DM me any requests!
Speaking of setting off in a new direction, I've already m...
2018-07-11 19:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The 3 mile hike was generally over totally dirt roads or volcanic beach and without any signposts meaning you had to rely on other hikers you saw in the distance going in a similar direction to know you were doing something right. It was only bearable when I started playing music on my phone to distract us.
2018-07-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first full day in Hawaii was spent trekking to and from a place called Green Sand beach. It was a ridiculously difficult 3 mile hike that one could have taken a ride to if they were willing to pay $20 a person to be driven 3 miles.
2018-07-10 00:01:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello patrons! I'm announcing a new album release, and for anyone unfamiliar with the musical side of Primordial Creative, I make music as well as images and animations- it's the stuff that is in all my video art pieces, mainly a mix of trip hop, ambient, industrial and world music.
Since it's been a dog's age since I put together a full album and released it to all the stores, I had 4 years of tracks to pull from, and ended up with what I think is a neat stew of sounds and ideas....
2018-07-08 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy this set I shot with normally nude Erin Mae!
The Explainer video has interview footage I shot with Erin, unfortunately in a subway station, but an interview nonetheless!
2018-07-07 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A double exposure attempt with Sky on the beach. Pure sunlight is usually too harsh for any double exposure work but next to water and bright sand it's like doubly bright.
2018-07-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Shooting w Sky at the beach in pure daylight was too much for my poor instax camera so I tried to jury rig a neutral density filter with some random sunglasses I had inherited from another model.
2018-07-05 23:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
An accident from shooting with my old Phoenix buddy Bethany in LA. A magical thing happens after I scan things- my attitude towards mistakes totally changes. Not recommended to make a completely blurred portfolio but occasionally it can work!
2018-07-03 23:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Q + A" is a short film about the dignity we trade for work. Shot last year when I had a studio, it stars Bethany Brown, Peter Bugg and the voice of Alina Lee aka Thumbelina. I made it and intended on entering it to festivals though I'm never fully convinced the festival route is the best thing for what I make- I seem to do better simply releasing stuff into the wild and having people find me that way. In the meantime, enjoy this special secret presentation of "Q + A"! Pa...
2018-06-30 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
...and when we ran out of street to shoot in, we shot in recycle bins.
2018-06-29 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Then when we ran out of cafes and stores to run around in, we shot in the street...
2018-06-28 21:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We took a walk around a Portland neighborhood and ran in and out of a bunch of shops + cafes without ordering anything.
2018-06-27 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! I'm home from our family summer vacation to Hawaii and my own trip to LA and currently fried mentally and physically. In LA I shot with familiar faces McKenzie Eckels, Sky K Blue, and Ana Corbí, my friend from Phoenix Bethany, and a new model to me Erika (seen above with McKenzie's legs).
June is a month where every year I get excited about shooting in a pool, on a beach, in the ocean, until I realize how difficult it is to deal with things like intense sunsh...
2018-06-26 21:46:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Shot in 1 minute of first meeting Ammalyn in 2014. When a Portland restaurant has no one in it, I'm going to take advantage.
2018-06-25 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My June Udemy course is all about photographic composition- specifically, new ways to push it into cool new directions. FREE for $10+ patrons!
2018-06-24 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My first shoot with East Coast model LiiLii, where I essentially threw everything and the kitchen sink at her around my Chandler neighborhood and house. Explainer video here!
2018-06-23 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
BTS of shooting Lux Lacheln in my backyard lo those years ago. The camera in question is a 4x5 Speedgraphic which I subsequently sold, realizing most of my good images were not shot with the slow, formal camera.
2018-06-22 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Work shot with model and photographer Lauren Ashley when she popped down to Phoenix, body paint/ accessories by Lydia.
2018-06-22 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned in the last Lindi post, I had a makeup idea that was inspired by the halftone patter on Lindi's arm. We used a netting to cover her head and sponge dark makeup around, like a tire tread. It was okay and I think a pro MUA could do a bit better. Not a fan of the umbrella prop in this one (shot in 2010) but live and learn!
2018-06-21 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This was with local model/ breakdancer Lindi Hop around Phoenix's South Mountain. I usually don't shoot with local people because it's merely just a fun hobby for most people around here. The most significant thing about this shoot was a makeup idea I had and put my wife in charge of doing, which you'll see in tomorrows posting.
2018-06-20 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! I’m up early on my Hawaii trip, doing some housekeeping.
I’ve added the tag “Saturday Set” to each of those posts so it’s easier to find those using the tags in the browser section. If you are using the Patreon app, they don’t have the tags there. Annoying, I know!
The ...
2018-06-19 17:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post
More of Lux Lacheln's Siouxsie Sioux/ Death look, shot in my backyard.
2018-06-19 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This was from a great idea by Lux Tango/ Lacheln involving a sort of Neil Gaiman's Death/ Siouxsie Sioux look. It was shot in my backyard and though the final digital images all went black and white, I shot a lot of BTS with the color instax because you never know which ones are going to be the better alternatives.
2018-06-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I think I mentioned in a previous explainer video how Ammalyn was one of the best models I've ever shot with who had life circumstances that dissuaded her from doing a lot of shooting or traveling. Rather than record a new video of me saying the same thing as before, I'll point you to this "how Worm Face was made video" relating to the image from this set with all those handsome worms pouring out of her mouth! If...
2018-06-16 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
All these models! I scheduled 4 and when one didn't respond I scheduled a replacement, then all 5 showed up. It was mostly a nightmare. Glass Olive on the bottom left, Mynxii White on the right, Victoria Vertuga above her, not sure of the middle model, Lindy Mei on the upper left. At a great studio in LA that is no longer around.
2018-06-15 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Another BTS one from my first time actually hanging out with my future wife, shot as a medium format Polaroid in 2000.
2018-06-14 16:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I first saw the woman I would marry in 2000 at an art gallery where I had a photography show up. A few weeks later I actually got to talk to her and told her "I'm gonna take your picture". I set up a model shoot at the community college I was a student at and this is one of the BTS polaroids of that original shoot.
2018-06-13 16:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
